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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-04-15

Don't make tea in 4 tim pot. The tannin,
which is acid, attacks the Tin and produces
poison. Don't use water which has stood
in a lead pipe over the night. Not less
than bucketful should be allowed to run.
Don't use water from stone reservoir for
cooking purposes. Don't allow fresh meat to
remain in paper; it absorbs the juices. Don't
keep vinegar or yeast in crooks or jugs;
the acid attacks the glazing. which is said
to be poisonous. Glass for eitheris better.
All cooking utensils, including iron pots,
shoald be rinsed after washing and care
fully wiped on the inside with clean, dry
cloth. \ soapy on greasy dish-cioth should
never be used for the purpose.
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HINTS.
kept on shaving.

The following practical suggestions are
from the Mirror ami Farmer.
lIousckeepers in 4 small way, those es-
pecially who use the kitchen as the dining
room, can scarcely ever find room in the
kitchen, no matter how large it is, for the
extra-fine table cloth necessary to grace
the table when visitors come in. 1t has
always been puzzle to me why this is so.
Surely table-cloth will not take up
much room. A pasteboard box set in the
cupboard or pantry could hold it nicely if
it is not too sacred to put along with the
common linen. Ii makes one feel as if lie
was making good deal of extra trouble
to see the housewife slip into or through
the room in which he, with his host, is
talking, and, with sheepish look. go ont
with a neatly folded table-cloth i'm her off
hand. 1t may be she has napkins, too, or
even a castor-extra fine things, too good
for every day use.
Every one makes kitchen aprons big and
''far-reaching" nowadays, but.every one
does not increase their capabilities to the full
lest extent. Make holder ofconvenient size,
cover it with goods like the apron. and
attach it to the band by pieces the goods
stitched together. Make the attaching
band long enough, so that the holder will
be really useful. If in the way when not
in use, put it in the pocket, which should
be large
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-04-15
EARACnE AND LEGAcHE.

One of our little girls has been troubled
with earache since her babyhood. Ne
sores have gathered, but a cold or exposure
to strong wind is almost certain to cause
her acute suffering with earaehe. After
trying nearly everything that | have seen
or heard recommended have settled on
this application as giving surest and quick
est relief. II is a flannel bag stuffed with
hops and wrunp from hot vinegar | lay
the bag over the child 5 ear, as hot as she
will bear il, cover the whole side of the
face with dry flannel and change the hop
bag as often as il becomes cool. The warm
steam filing the ehild's ear. soon relieves
the pain
Stufing the car with the ''heari OF a
roasted onion. tricklings Of motasses,
wads of peppered cotton. and Jumps OF
mutton tallow, has never yet, in my ex-
perience, eaSed earache, and such irriiat-
ing messes crowded or poured into the del
icate labyrinth Of the ear may do much
mischief
Another child is victim of legache. m
herited, possibly, for well do we remem-
Der what we suffered with its fortunes in
our own childhood Heat ana moisture
gave us relief, and, following in our
mothers footsteps we have routed night
after night from our warm quarters, in the
dead Of winter, to kindle fires aud ill
frosty kettles from waterpails thickly
crusted with ice, that we might get the
writing pedal extremities of curl little heir
into tub of hot water as quickly as pos
sible But lately we have learned all this
work and exposure is needless. We simply
wiring a towel from salted water--a bowl
of it standing in our sleeping room, ready
for such an emergency the limb in
il from ankle to knee, without taking the
child from his bed, and then swathe with
dry flannels. thick and warm tucking the
blankets about him little closer and re-
lief is sure.
A eraupy cough can often be loosened
and prevented by swathing the throat with
dry, warm fisnnels; a thick pack Of them
to sweat the throat and chest often helps SO
speedily that it is rot necessary to sicken
the child with ipecac or to wake the honse
kindling fires and preparing hot packs. =
g7arissa Potter. IA Good Housekeeping
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-04-15
VICTOR HUGO's POETIC PEA.

The story is told that Victor Hugo, con-
corning himself on behalf of one condemn
ed, called ON King Louis Philippe to inter
cede for the unfortunate man. 1t was sec
ond compassionate effort of the poets, but
the hour was late and the monarch, being
now retired to bed, could not be seen. Not
TO be wholly baked of his purpose, Hugo
left plea, in suddenly improvised verse,
on the table, to meet the kings eye in the
morning. There had been recent death
in the royal family Of an idolized daugh-
ter, and birth, too, as well. Of these in
cidents the poet ayailed himself in his
quatrain, which, very closely rendered,
runs as follows:
By your lost angel, dove like from you flown,
by this sweet royal babe, fair, fragile reed,
Mercy once more. BE mercy, mercy shown
IN the topb's name, and cradles both,
plead
The poets plea prevailed = Chicago Her
aid
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-04-15
PHYSICAL HEALTH OF WOMEN.

Now the laws that govern physical health
and the conditions that promise it are far
better understood and more generally obey
ed by this generation than by any preced-
ent one. Intelligent people sleep in well
aired beds, in well ventilated chambers
rise to take their stimulating bath in a COM
Portable bath room, invest themselves in
hannels and heavy suitings Wien the
weather requires them, eat their well cook
ed breakfast of well chosen food. wrap
themselves sufficiently, and wear heavy
booting, and beginning the day thus
thoroughly fortified seek to spend as much
time out Of doors as their affairs will per
NIT. Young women ride, skate. bowl.
play billiards, go out in all weathers. and
10 most ways lead far more healthfal
lives than their mothers did
ii, with all these offsets. the stimulating
influences Of their lives still tell upon them
with harmful effect, making them old
before their time, the cause. we think. is
to be found in their emotional precoeitv.
From the baby of ?, stimulated by caress-
ings and eaiolings to exhibit dramatic
passion of affection for its mother or its
nurse, TO the maiden of IS ready to toss
her heart to the first empty Prince Charm
ing, it is hardly too much to say that every
girl is hurried in her emotional develop
ment.
A certain famous teacher once declared
that she would not have in her school a
pretty and charming under-teachef. " he
fascinated the pupils, because they we're
there to have their minds aud not their SEN
sibilities educated, and because a grand
passion for a young woman was even more
prenicious than one for a Young man.
because less normal But no experience Is
eommoner than this. The late hours. the
familiar mingling in the festivities OF their
elders. the reading Of sentimental books
and papers. the stimulating effect Of COM
pick diet-the sharing, in word, OF the
more sophisticated life around them
prepare girls to spend their all Of sensi-
bility in their early youth, and leave them
but dull monotony of middle age
If we are to have wives and mothers
equal to their high offices. we must pro
teet and seelude our young girls from
being pushed into womanhoed by this terri
Bile go of American life 1t is net study
that will hurt them; it is the over-sensi-
bility that study does much to control. 1t
is not thinking that will wear them out;
il is feeling. Uarper's Bazar.
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Written Tor the MONITOR.
CALENDAR OF THOUGHTS.
BY the Week

by = NJ
APRlr
SoNpAY fi.-By the inn of turning from
sin is the souls bethlehem.
MONDAY IS. Too much, rust's smuteh
too little. achievements brittle
TUESDAY TO- 1t is well to be friendly
in life, Tor We must all sit down together
in the banqueting hall Of death.
WEDNESDAY ad.-When you don't want
10 handle what must be. you get your
hands full 81 sflinters for your reluctance;
but when yon handle the unwelcome bnf-
den clseeFfnlly, il loses its weight AMI your
muscles taut are thereby made stronger
THtRsDAS 2i.--
married truth When Ms Young.
And now in age sweet songs arr sang
FRIDAY 22-Fisl the minutes with faith
fuIness and they will FIJI the eternity with
song.
S1rvRpAs %. --I:ratefn, Is graceful
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-04-15

the son Of Clalome. \ canal leading from
the river runs through the properly; such
are the boundaries OH all sides. The pur-
chaser was Necbutes; the less, the son Of
Asos, about forty years Of age, Of a yellow
complexion, happy eouutenance, long
face, str'ight nose, with scar in the mid
die OF his forehead, who gave six hundred
pieces Of copper coin The salesman and
warranties for the legality of the sale were
the sellers. Neehutes the purchaser re-
ceived. (signedJ ApoLLoSIUs.'
This sale and purchase were registered.
the registration being subjoined to the
deed OF sale; and government duty Of five
per cent. was paid on the proceeds Of the
sale r.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-04-15

II won't cost you one half as much. DO
not delay. Send three cents stamps for
postage, and we will send you DR.. kauf-
mann's great work, fine colored plates,
from life, on disease, its causes and home
cure. Address A =. Ordway X Co.,
Boston, Mass Aprill5et
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-04-15

Teak the most valuable Of the woods
grown in the East, has been growing COM
mcrcially very rare, but England, in ac-
quiring Burmah, gets possession Of vast
forests Of it. Teak wood is neither too
heavy nor Toe hard; it does not warp or
split under exposure to heat or dampness;
it contains an essential oil which prevents
its rotting under wet conditions, aud, at
the same time, acts as = preseryatiye To
iron aud ropels the destructive white ants;
it is withal, handsome wood, Of several
varieties OF color and grain. and takes a
good polish.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-04-15
CARE OF IRONS.

Clean irons are one of the marks of a
good housekeeper. If your irons trouble
you by dropping black speeks from the
top or sides when ironing, put them into
pan of warm soapsuds and give them
thorough scrubbing. Dry them quickly or
they Will rust.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-04-15
CRITICS TAKE wARNING.

CRITICS TAKE WARNING.
For the benefit of critics and fault-fnders
We reproduce the story OF the ''Owl Critic"
After the reader has perused it to the last line
We will ask how many persons in their ac-
quaintance would withstand the ordeal of the
"Owl Critic"
''W no stuffed that OWE" No one spoke in the
shop;
The barber was busy, and he could not stop;
The customers, waiting their turns were all
reading
The different dailics, and so little needing
The young man who burted ont such blunt
question;
Not one raised his head or even made Il sug-
gcstion;
And the BARRIER kept on shaving.
"Don't you see, Mr. Brown -
Cried the youth with frown,
GLOW wrong the whole thing is?
How preposterous each wing is
How fiattened the head ise how iammed down
the neck is?
In short the whole owl. what an ignorant
wreck It's
make no apology:
I've learned owl-eology.
Eve passed days and nights in IL hundred col
-, - ,.,..,.,.
" 10y
- '7.''1- I'm "a II 80 'i.'' M
Mister Brown. Mister Brown.
DO take that bird down:
Or you'll soon be the laughing stock all over
town.
And the bar Der kept on shaving
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80 -
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~. =" .''i'i'o' ~,
$50, -
-,
-
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- - -.
Into that attitude.
Hc can't do it, because
IT'S against all bird laws
Anatomy teaches,
Ornithology breaches,
An owl has a toe
That cant turn ont So
I've made The white owl my study for years,
And to see such n job almost moves Inc TO
tears.
u I.
-, 80
T., 49, - a,,o,
~. "a. ~, ,,a..,
~ '''7' va : '''''N''
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Examine his eyes.
I'm filed with surprise
Taxidermists should pass
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-; - -.
nv, ..ss,7a,.aa.
n. 49, - - -,
-. - = -" -.
''W it'll some sawdust and bark
| could stuff in the dark
An owl better than that;
| could make an old hat
Look more like an owl,
Than that horrid fowl
stuck up there 50 stin like a side of coarse
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-04-15

Whatever disposition we would desire to
cultivate in our children, we should mani
fest the same III the tone in which we adj
dress them
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-04-15

That we can, in connection with the MONITOR,
secure you subscription 10 any paper or
magazine published, ii much lower price
than the regular rate and you will do well to
!et us know ii You are contemplating sub
seription To any publication.
THE MONITOR. WooSstown, y. }.
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PATENT MEDICINES

Uleb1pbose to keeb q stock. ct
Attire aa,7ouS Proprietary JKeai-
eiues that there IS any acmana
fer, and 7sQH h0u, time to time,
aud to ouj- stock all mrh that may
be cnqnl,rd fer Ne anncr q
f1Tre list and ran /WMSh any
b10cnyu6kc articles IN this line
at abow tie SANE a7e1uee Of Prize
as bckoa0
Avcrs' Cherry pecinrai csc
Hop Bitters, G5c
shikcrs' Extract, zoe
Ayers Sarsaparila, soc
Ayers pills. lie
Ailcocks Porons riastcrs, Zoe
Browns Iron Bittcrs, G9c
narker's Nerve and Bone Liniment, Toe
Barlser's Horse ana Cattle Powder, l2c
Benson's capeine Plasicrs, lie
CoNs Gclatinc. loo
Green's August Flower lGc
itolloway's Worm Candy lie
lansenS Butter Colorinp Use
Jaync'S Pills, lie
Jayne's Alternative, 6jc
Iayne's EXpecto1nt, G5c
Jayne's NerInifuge, 2ic
k6nkels Bitter Wine Of iron soc
Kidney W ort, 70c
Pure Gainphor. two o.. 05c
Pure Camphor, per o., Use
Rings Anhrosia, Doc
Rough on Rats, 09c
sewing Machine oil, Csc
Srhenck'S Mandrake Pills lie
Swam'S Panacea, $l.5U
Wells 4 Richardson's Hutlcr Coloring, Use
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills, l3c
Warmers Kidney and Liver Cure SIC
Warmers Tippecanoc 6Sc
Mshart's Tar Cordial, DOC
Iioohand's Podophyllin pills l6c
lIerrick's Pills, i5c
Morse's Indian Root Pills, l5c
Brandreth's Pills, l0c
Ayers Cathartic Pills, He
Warmers safe Pills, l5c
Wells May Apple Iills, 0lc
shalienbcrger's Fever and tguc Pills, 75c
Pinkham's Liver Pills, l5c
Parsons PurgatiNe pills, l3c
Cams Kidney Cure, zoe
Motlicr Mobiles syrup. .s,c
Shakers Extract OF Roots, zoe
Lyons Insect Powder lSc
kcnnedy's Medical discovery. Sl.l5
Kirby Cholera Drops ljc
Parker's Ginger Tonic, Csc
81. Jacobs oil. s,c
walkers Vinegar Bitcrs, Use
Mrs. Pinkhant'S Vegetable Compound, Use
Schncck' 5 Set W eed Tonic, sjc
Schncck's Pumonic syrup, 15c
SIMMONS Liver Regulator, G,c
Popham's Asthma Specific, 65c
Shoil's Ague Pills, zoe
klinc's Nerve Rcstorer, toe
Kiinc'S Nerve kcstorcr, large bottles, Sl25
Ely's Cream Balm SIC
Perry Davis Pain Killer, 35c size, l5c
SOC size, SOC
Miners botanic Ointment l5c
MoXie's Nerve Food, sic
Kidder's Asthma PastileS, 10
Hoods Sarsaparilla, GIc
40 Rheumatic Cordial, SIC
iSuckleu'S Arnic1 SalNc, lJc
Or. Kings New Discovery, 3jc
Warranted Fresh and Genuine.
Z. b. Humbhreys 6 Co.
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LNLfDr.LI6ELADIEs
Rudeuess OF Women to Their Own Ser as shown
In MANY IpciyiIft,e.


In Many InciviIiues
From the Newark sunday CaI.
81 do think some women are perfect tends."
This was not the utterance Of crusty old
bachelor, but Of young married woman just
returned from holiday shopping tour, and
her remark was directed at her own sex,
She said mo man would dare to treat a
fellow man as meanly as one woman will
treat another at every opportunity. Women
expect and exact courtesy from men, and
sdgmRtize an impolite man as a brute, beast
or hog, but these same women will behave
ten times worse TO their fellow women than
any man would dare 70 treat another. Look
at the way women treat each other in the
horse cars Six women will manage TO loll
in car in such manner as to keep one OF
their sex pinched up into quarter of yard
space on the extreme edge of the seat, and
not one of them will be lad y-like enough to
move an inch to make her more comfortable.
! saw woman knock another womsn's pack
age from a counter OF Broad street store
| yesterday and curl her lip as she glanced at
the package and walked away. Would a
man do that to another manf No, indeed.
He would restore the package to Its place and
| apologize for his awkwardness. See how
| large woman will sweep little woman away
| from in front OF a counter when she wants to
reach anything, and will you ever here The
slightest word OF apology"
"DO you mean to say that all women are
rude TO each otherGi
"So; but think all women are naturally
tempted to be lucOnsideTate TO each other; but
some struggle against their weakness while
others are too refined and gentle TO give way
to small mesuness To show how mean a
woman can be | will tell you what saw last
week, A woman with a child and innumer-
able packages dropped the Child's white cloak,
and before she could stOop to pick 1t up
woman wearing a $500 sealskin sacque delio-
| erstely went out of her way TO leave the
! print of her muddy No rubbers on the
| delicate fabric OF the cloak. ! saw the cruel
| smile as she passed me, and know that she
Intentionally ruined the Child's garment
should not have blamed the other woman II
she had torn the sealskIn from the hend's s
shOuldersr
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COINIY GIEANINGS

Rev. Sohweitzer, OF Lincoln, assisted on
Sundsyst the dedication Of the new wyomis.
sing church at Gouglersville, Berks county,
built by the Lutheran and Reformed congre,
cations.
Nearly all OF the capital stock Of the pro.
posed keystone National hank Of Mannheim,
100000, has been subscribed for. Another
meeting will be held on "Wednesday after.
noon next, at 5 O'Clock, for the purpose OF
perfecting the organization.
Ezra Kline,ot Lexington, killed porker on
Tuesday which tipped the beam at bs2 pounds
when dressed. Isaac G.. Pfauts on Tuesday
killed two Weighing dressed 0ls pounds
Emanuel Hess, of near Neffsville, shot a
f9N days Bgoa pretty crane that measured
from tip TO Zip Of wings - inches from
point OF bill to la!Ous 80 inches the till
alone measured four inches. He was OF a
steel-grsy color. Mr.. Hess will have him
mounted.
Rev. c. /. Reiuke, of the LItitz Moravian
Church, reports that the church numbered at
the olose OF year 3S2 Communicates, with q
total mem bership OF 500. During the year 9
communiosnts ana 7 children died, 10 mem.
bers were dropped, and one dismissed to the
Moravian church ia Lancaster, Two adults
and % children were baptized and ten per.
sons united with the church by confirmation
The contributions for benevolent purposes
amounted to Sl,3 32i ..
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Dangers From Unciean Tubs snd Diseases The,
Excite


The bath tub, II made OF copper, can exude
bibasic acetate, commonly known ss verdi
girls, which, under the softening influence OF
hot water, readily blends with aud impreg
mates the fluid, to be conducted by the feeders
Of the skin into the body. Lead and zinc
tubes contribute those oxides which are solu-
ble in water, and those who have seen the
baneful effects OF lead. poisoning know too
we'll the horrors of that disease
Our lead works employ men at high pay
in the busting room, whose stay there means
slow death, sooner or later, by the absorption
of this impal pable powder through the skin.
Now again, the tubs o. copper, tin, lead,
zinc or wood soon become dull, tarnished or
foul, and Aim spreads over them which can
carry germs Of animal disease which the
last afflicted bsther has thrown of, and,
IL body in perfect health and tree from dis
case OF similar nature, be immersed In the
warm water of such an infected tub, what
must be the result with the flood-gstes Of the
ski wide openg
The last bsther, we all know, never does
and never will clean II as he steps from the
tub nt a time when II can easily be done be-
fore the scum has dried. What can he the
remedy as far as lies within our power7
Resort 10 the use OF such materials as we
know are at least liable to such conditions
We turn 10 the nearest in perfection, namely,
the porcelain lined, iron or enameled fire.
clay tubs with rounded corners, where
germs cannot collect or filth breed them,
They are clean, sweet end smooth as glass
(Which in reality they sre) perfectly non
absorbent; the acids OF the body or the aka.
loids of the soaps cannot possibly affect them
and as for their oxidizipg or eNudins harm.
ful substances, 1t is simply impossible.
Glass surface and porcelain ensmels, when
properly applied, are as enduring as the hills
There Is nothing TO give out or absorb they
even resist that most penetrating OF all fluids
electricity.
The bath tub Is certainly the most difficult
of modern conveuiences 10 keep In proper
condition, aud no doubt many people have
contracted diseases from this source In spite
OF every precauuon TO guard against the evils
OF the insanitsry conditions common to most
lsvAtories. The Sanitary News has TAX en-
the subject up and has a sensible word to say
on the general make OF these appliances 1t
says:
In bath tubs perhaps the most important
and luxurious OF our sanitary appliances, too
great precsution cannot be taken to guard
against the dangers of using thCss having a
lining or composed of any material that will
in any way oXidiEs, exude or absorb contain
the vegetable, mineral or animal kingdom.
such materials should not be used.
The extent Of the bad effects and dangers
of bathing in tubs of such nature can, in The
absence of thorough scientific research and
investigation, only be q matter OF con lecture,
but 10 the average intellect 1t must be sppar.
ent that there exists possibilities OF most
startling nature.
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The York Agricultural Society

At the meeting on Tuesday OF the York
County Agricultural Society, It was shown
that the receipts Of the lair last fall were
7,s4? co. expenses, S6,Sla IL profits, sl,523,-
4a. adding S300.l7, receipts from other
sonrces, the total was Sl,s2366. With this
Sl,474 65 CT Indebtedness and interest and
taxes to the amount of s27I77 were paid of.
This LETT balance in the treasury OF s7L4
This latter with II acres OF land with i'm.
provements are the assets of the company.
These officers were elected President,
W. :. Roland; vice presidents, X. Hofi.
helms, Grier Hersh ; secretary, +, Chaplain ;
corresponding secretary, II. J. Deitch ;
treasurer, e. 5. Welser managers, Herman
Hoke, Harris Wilton. John II. Wogau,
Isaac Loucks, Joseph Irwin, b. +. Roller, J.
ID. Heiges, Bill Kendig, Charles II. Mayer.
The date tor the annual fair for 1887 was
fixed for October 4th 10 7th inclusive,
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Clay Townships Heavy PorheI,.

From the EpErata Review.
John r. Royer slaughtered two hogs
weighing 450 aud All pounds respectively +;
John Druckenbrode, two of j02 and AS
pounds respectively; George Enck, one Of
A5l pounds; Jesse Ruth, one 43ilz pounds (;
Benjamin Erb, one of 500 pounds; George
Ruth, two OF 463 and Az pounds respec-
lively; Edward DOmmoyer, three OF 42S
424 and 42s pounds respectively Moses Suy.
der, one OF Az pounds; Jacob Roehrer, one
OF a90 pounds; John Ruth, one OF 500 pounds;
Jacob Druckenbrode, Two OF 1914 aud 4ol
pounds respectively; Levi Sharp, three OF
el6, s92 ana fSl pounds respectively Levi
Wisler, two OF 425 and i2d pounds respec-
lively,